# Improve mesage threading with glue like navigation

**URL:** <https://support.delta.chat/t/improve-mesage-threading-with-glue-like-navigation/1096>\
**Category:** Feature Proposal\
**Created:** [July 20, 2020, 1:55pm UTC](https://support.delta.chat/t/improve-mesage-threading-with-glue-like-navigation/1096 "2020-07-20T13:55:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Michael\_Jerger](https://support.delta.chat/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/22d042/32.png) [@Michael\_Jerger](https://support.delta.chat/u/Michael_Jerger)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 1:55pm UTC](https://support.delta.chat/t/improve-mesage-threading-with-glue-like-navigation/1096/1 "2020-07-20T13:55:52Z")

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Can we get some ideas from [Chapter 1 | Chatting with Glue](http://a9.io/glue-comic/) ?  
I think this will improve DeltaChat over all the other chat systems 🙂

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**Author:** ![link2xt](https://support.delta.chat/user_avatar/support.delta.chat/link2xt/32/1971_2.png) [@link2xt](https://support.delta.chat/u/link2xt)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 12:58pm UTC](https://support.delta.chat/t/improve-mesage-threading-with-glue-like-navigation/1096/2 "2020-08-22T12:58:08Z")

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There is a prototype by the author of the comic: [https://github.com/saga-chat/saga-alpha](https://github.com/saga-chat/saga-alpha)  
Demo is available at [https://saga-chat.github.io/saga-alpha/](https://saga-chat.github.io/saga-alpha/)

First of all, Delta Chat does not have replies, which are per-requisite for this feature: [Reply to Message](https://support.delta.chat/t/reply-to-message/283)

As for the feature, offering two views for each chat and adding navigation elements to jump between “leafs” is too complicated. Delta Chat makes it very easy to create new chats and always sorts news messages below the last read message. In the chatlist new messages can be represented with a single number. “Glue” approach seems to be inspired by messengers like Slack or Discord, building upon the IRC model, where groups (or “channels”) are less dynamic and require more management, because even by default they have multiple user roles.

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**Author:** ![link2xt](https://support.delta.chat/user_avatar/support.delta.chat/link2xt/32/1971_2.png) [@link2xt](https://support.delta.chat/u/link2xt)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://support.delta.chat/t/improve-mesage-threading-with-glue-like-navigation/1096/3 "2020-08-26T14:25:36Z")

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A great post talking about the difference between IRC/Slack/Discord and Delta Chat style messengers, related: [https://blogs.gnome.org/tbernard/2018/05/16/banquets-and-barbecues/](https://blogs.gnome.org/tbernard/2018/05/16/banquets-and-barbecues/)

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**Author:** ![r10s](https://support.delta.chat/user_avatar/support.delta.chat/r10s/32/1513_2.png) [@r10s](https://support.delta.chat/u/r10s)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 2:59pm UTC](https://support.delta.chat/t/improve-mesage-threading-with-glue-like-navigation/1096/4 "2026-10-06T14:59:20Z")

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